From J. D. Hooker to W. E. Darwin   [13 June 1872]1

Royal Gardens Kew

Thursday

Dear Darwin

The bearer takes an address for your father to sign; please direct him to where he shall find your father.2

Ever yours | J D Hooker

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 June [1872]. The Thursday before 14 June 1872 was 13 June 1872.
2
CD signed a memorial supporting Hooker in a dispute over the administration of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; it was sent to the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone, on 20 June 1872 (letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872). CD and Emma Darwin stayed with William Erasmus Darwin at Bassett, Southampton, from 8 June to 20 June 1872 (Emma Darwin’s diary ((DAR 242)). See also letter from John Tyndall, 8 June [1872].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8379,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8379